klag0915

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1. Overnight New L&D nurse

   klag0915 replied to AlyciaReaves's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I wish I had advice......I work nights now, coming up on one year. Only thing that helped me was cutting back to PT. And I realize not everyone can do that. The only other thing that keeps me for the dreaded "it's 4am and I will kill someone else if...

2. What was your gpa and other stats, before BSN acceptance?

   klag0915 replied to luciddreeams's topic in Student Assist

   Clinicals are interesting - some days are uneventful and others aren't. There have been some issues in various institutions that have caused us to not be able to do a whole lot as students (ie med administration), so there is a lot of observing. At...

3. What was your gpa and other stats, before BSN acceptance?

   klag0915 replied to luciddreeams's topic in Student Assist

   Good luck!! It sounds like you really took the time to decide what you want to do and if you just exude that confidence and enthusiasm you've got it in the bag.. I might be in nursing school, but i never said i was good at quick math ==> In my pos...

4. What was your gpa and other stats, before BSN acceptance?

   klag0915 replied to luciddreeams's topic in Student Assist

   Getting into nursing school is not all about GPA - although it definitely helps. Having some life experience, spending some time working before going back are also areas of interest when it comes to schools accepting you. I graduated with a BA in 2...

5. Nausea on the job?? Please help!

   klag0915 replied to NikkiJo's topic in General Students

   i know exactly what you are going through! I am in my 2nd semester in a program in Westchester, and i have already had 3 "episodes".... The first time - we were viewing a wound care nurse debriding a stage 4 pressure ulcer - bone muscle etc. We were...

6. Nursing diagnosis

   klag0915 replied to Kecnkn's topic in General Students

   The above link is the exact book we are using for our Fundamentals class. Its VERY helpful. I also went to Borders (before they closed) and bought a Nursing Care Plan book. All the NANDA-I nursing diagnoses are listed and then you look them up and...

7. IV problem help

   klag0915 replied to taylor9582's topic in General Students

   11hours. Were were taught (Drop factor/time in minutes) x (volume in mL) = drops per minutes --> 11hours

8. care plans

   klag0915 replied to klag0915's topic in General Students

   Thank you very much - this is all so helpful. I have taken this all into consideration and its all a lot clearer now! I will post to let you know what my professor said!

9. care plans

   klag0915 replied to klag0915's topic in General Students

   I would want to have my diagnosis confirmed first for MS, but that is me. Clearly this patient is having difficulty with the diagnosis since she never had it confirmed in the 8 years that shes known. But my gut tells me that since she came in for h...

10. care plans

    klag0915 posted a topic in General Students

    HELP! I am a new nursing student, started last week and we have a care plan to write, i know some day this will be a lot easier (also a lot faster) but right now its taking me quite a long time. pt is a 24y/o female, 2 children (3yr, 6wks) reportin...